old covenant

American  

noun

1. the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.

2. (initial capital letter) the Old Testament.

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Example Sentences

But the campus plan had suddenly fallen apart, when Trump Entertainment, owners of the Taj Mahal, next door, unexpectedly opted to enforce an old covenant mandating that the Showboat be a casino-hotel, and nothing else.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2015

We understood him, but the old covenant was too strong to resist, and too dear.

From Time Magazine Archive

The answer is that there were two sides to the sacrificial rites of the old covenant.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Edwards, Thomas Charles

Many features of the old covenant may be transient; but, if it is a word of God, it abides in its essential nature through all changes.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Edwards, Thomas Charles

But it is equally true and not less important that the old covenant was the vesture of truths which remain when the garment has been changed.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Edwards, Thomas Charles